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Baby Names Inspired by Authors

Literary baby names can be inspired the characters in books or, in the case of the baby names on this list, by the first and last names of authors ranging from Edgar Allan Poe to Zadie Smith. In this category, as always, feel free to look to your personal favorite writers for your baby names inspiration.

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We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Rhys. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

There's Rhys and there's Reese (now more popular for girls) and there's Reece, and we particularly like the traditional Welsh spelling, which has been climbing since it entered the list in 2004, po... Read More

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We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Roald. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

This intriguing Scandinavian name is associated with Roald Dahl, author of the juvenile classics James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . You can honor an ancestral Ronald ... Read More

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We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Rumer. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

Demi and Bruce made waves when they named their now-grown firstborn after novelist Rumer Godden; downside is its connection with the unpleasant word rumor. English author Godden was actually born M... Read More

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We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Shaw. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

With the current taste for last names first, this sounds a lot cooler than Shawn; it also has creative connections to the great Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw, novelist Irwin Shaw, and Big B... Read More

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We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Tennessee. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.

When playwright Thomas Lanier Williams adopted the pen name of Tennessee, he created a new possibility among American place-names, although it's admittedly a bit bulky in size. Reese Witherspoon br... Read More